USAID Assistant Administrator Gawande and Pure Earth Philippines Engage Key Stakeholders to Combat Childhood Lead Poisoning in the Philippines
Mar 28 , 2024
This post is from Pure Earth Philippines Country Director Larah Ortega Ibanez. USAID Assistant Administrator Gawande and Pure Earth Philippines Engage Key Stakeholders to Combat Childhood Lead Poisoning in the Philippines Following USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s call for lead-free futures.
ReadThank You, Sen. Patrick Leahy, for Your Support and Actions To Curtail Global Lead Pollution
Dec 15 , 2022
Below is our letter to the editor published in Vermont's Brattleboro Reformer on Dec. 13, and in the Bennington Banner on Dec. 14, 2022. Dear Editor: We would like to publicly thank Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy for his long-standing and.
ReadGhana: Pure Earth School Clubs in Ghana: Where Children Learn about Pollution to Safeguard Their Future
Aug 01 , 2022
The Pure Earth Club is a school club comprised of students who are being taught and nurtured to love their environment and to protect it through the reduction of pollution, not only by words but by action. They are supervised.
ReadRepublic of Georgia: Solving the Mystery of Widespread Lead Poisoning in Georgian Children
May 03 , 2022
In 2019, the Republic of Georgia faced a childhood lead poisoning crisis. A national survey had revealed that 41% of children ages 2-7 in the country had blood lead levels at or above 5 μg/dL (the level at which the.
ReadPure Earth, USC and Macquarie University Publish Landmark Lead Study in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal
Mar 12 , 2021
The March 2021 issue of The Lancet Planetary Health journal includes an important paper that supports Pure Earth’s previous publications asserting the extent of the childhood lead poisoning crisis in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The paper, Blood lead levels.
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